Audience feedback Evaluation

From the results of my survey everyone knew what the film was about and also didn't think it gave to much away, which is good as the purpose of trailers is to give a little idea of what the film is about without giving away too much, but still putting exciting footage of the film in. I think our trailer was successful in this department. 5 people said they would see the film, 5 said they would and 2 said they wont, this suggests that there our trailer can be improved or maybe that the sub genre of our horror trailer was not to everyone taste. 5 people thought the trailer was effective and 2 people didn't, this tells me that the trailer may not have given everyone the trill which horror films do. The comments people left about what people thought was good was mainly camera shots and quick cutting, which is what we were trying do so that the trailer didn't look linear but was always exciting. Finally what people thought could be improved was the camera quality, music and less use of text, I agree with the less use of text i think we could of used more dialogue however i think by not having as much dialogue it gave the trailer a sense of mysteriousness.

Audience Feedback

To get audience feedback i made a survey and sent it to friends and family here are the results:

Poster Ideas

Here are idea we came up with for poster ideas:

(Poster 1) (Poster 2)

Poster 1- I think this poster was effective because it shows all three characters and also has a the figure of the possessed one in a door way, doing this gives you an idea of what the film without giving to much away. This poster is quite busy which isn't really on horror posters.

Poster 2- This poster has one character and the possessed one covering there mouth, this poster has a stronger sense of the unknown than poster 1 which is relevant for a horror film and it is very simple too, however i think this poster doesn't tell the audience anything about the film.

Trailer

Existing horror poster and magazine covers

As part of my A2 coursework we had to design a poster and magazine cover for our trailer.
Looking at existing horror film posters and magazine covers, i have found that elements which are very common in horror film poster. However for the magazine cover i found that man and woman are portrayed differently on magazine covers. Here are some examples of this:

Both actors are promoting similar types of films, but they are portrayed in completely different ways. The character that Hugh Jackman plays is a strong character, so is the role that Halle Berry takes on but the cover doesn't show her as cat woman but as an actress whereas Hugh jackman is shown as wolverine his character. It seems they when woman are on the front cover of a magazine promoting a feel magazines use sex appeal to act tract audiences, evidence of this can be found with actresses such as Megan fox and Angelina Jolie. Looking at the wolverine cover Hugh Jackman is his character and the cover is more about the film, this is similar with actors promoting film such as Danial Craig who is Jame Bond on the cover. From these examples it seen that magazines use woman and men completely differently to attract audience.

Horror Posters

These posters have many similarities, firstly both have woman on the cover and they both have a white glow then which seen to suggest a kind of purity especially in the orphanage as she is holding a child. Also they they is a sense of the unknown and the idea that someone is trying to find to in both posters, on the orphanage there are arms trying to get to her and on the Eden lake poster there are figures in the background. Both posters are dark with a hint of red on them, this may resemble life lost in the films as people to die in both films. I thought both posters were effective because they give an element of what the film is about but don't give to much away.